Not everyone leaving Fort Meade and the National Security Agency heads north at night. A large number of federal workers head south, where they quickly encounter -- more federal employees from the Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Agricultural Research Center. This bottleneck is owned by the National Park Service, which is reluctant to widen a four-lane road that opened in the 1950s.

MD 295 at MD 193

Not everyone leaving Fort Meade and the National Security Agency heads north at night. A large number of federal workers head south, where they quickly encounter -- more federal employees from the Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Agricultural Research Center. This bottleneck is owned by the National Park Service, which is reluctant to widen a four-lane road that opened in the 1950s. (Tim Swift)

MD 295 at MD 193

Not everyone leaving Fort Meade and the National Security Agency heads north at night. A large number of federal workers head south, where they quickly encounter -- more federal employees from the Goddard Space Flight Center and the National Agricultural Research Center. This bottleneck is owned by the National Park Service, which is reluctant to widen a four-lane road that opened in the 1950s.